Update on My Mom
My Mom had another Petscan last week. This is one of those tests that show how much cancer is in her body. Last time there was no growth. The time before that was when the tailbone cancer grew and the got that first spot in her liver and lung. She gets these every 3 months, and this recent one was to see if the 6 months of intravenous chemo has been working.
The results weren't good. The cancer in all three spots grew. The tailbone part grew. The spot in her liver is now two spots. The spot in her lung is showing close to her lymph nodes (this is the one that scares me the most). The doctor wants her to stop the intravenous chemo since it isn't working. He wants her on another pill. I forget the name, but she'll be taking 2. They won't be the same chemo she took last time that didn't work so well and resulted in the growths.
She's handling it well, but I can tell she's worried. I just keep hoping she'll stay strong. But I also want her to let her emotions out when she needs to and to say when she's scared. After I got off the phone with her yesterday when I called her from my lunchbreak, I just had a little cry, because I just knew I needed the release. I could feel it coming on a little bit, and just decided to kind of force it out, since I was on my lunch break.
I'm really worried, but I'm not letting her know that because the last thing I want is for her to be worried about me. Thanks for keeping her in your prayers everyone.
The results weren't good. The cancer in all three spots grew. The tailbone part grew. The spot in her liver is now two spots. The spot in her lung is showing close to her lymph nodes (this is the one that scares me the most). The doctor wants her to stop the intravenous chemo since it isn't working. He wants her on another pill. I forget the name, but she'll be taking 2. They won't be the same chemo she took last time that didn't work so well and resulted in the growths.
She's handling it well, but I can tell she's worried. I just keep hoping she'll stay strong. But I also want her to let her emotions out when she needs to and to say when she's scared. After I got off the phone with her yesterday when I called her from my lunchbreak, I just had a little cry, because I just knew I needed the release. I could feel it coming on a little bit, and just decided to kind of force it out, since I was on my lunch break.
I'm really worried, but I'm not letting her know that because the last thing I want is for her to be worried about me. Thanks for keeping her in your prayers everyone.